Santiago and more

To end the week, we visited the capital. Santiago is about 2 hours away, so we left early in the morning. We first visited el Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos. This museum was a look into Chile's dark history and helped contextualize some of the history they have learned. The museum does not allow pictures, so this is the one place from which you will not see pictures. We then had lunch at a park close to the museum. After lunch we headed downtown and saw La Moneda (the president's house) and walked to La Plaza de Armas (the main plaza in Santiago). To finish the day, we went to Cerro San Cristobal, where students were able to get a full view of the city. It was a great day and students enjoyed their time in Santiago.

Thursday June 29

Class time, students started with a quick skit

Recess time

A talk about the 60's-90's in Chile

Friday June 30

On our way to Santiago very early in the morning

Arriving at el Museo de la Memoria y Derechos Humanos

Lunch at a park

Manjar is very important

Downtown: La Moneda and La Plaza de Armas

Visiting Cerro San Cristobal

They had such a good day, they were singing and dacing on the bus on the way back

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Bienvenida en Viña (the welcome)

We arrived to the location where students will be taking their classes and doing their afternoon activities. The families were waiting and were very excited to meet their kids. Each student was introduced to their family followed by performances and introductions. It was a great way to dive right in and get a glimpse at Chilean culture. Picture of the families waiting : Picture of the students meeting their host parent or family: Performance: Some of the students joined in, watch the videos... Meeting the instructors and staff : Saying goodnight to our first night:

5th week

It was a good week. The week started with classes and our usual afternoon activities. On Thursday we went to Valparaiso to paint a mural and we finished the week with a trip to Isla Negra and Pomaire.

Bienvenidos

Welcome to the Viña del Mar 2017 Blog. We are so excited to work with our students this summer. This will be a great learning experience and we can't wait to show you the wonders that Chile, its people and its culture ha ve to offer. As we prepare for our departure, we will post some useful information. For now, let's meet our instructors: Lindsay Giacomino (Student Coordinator, Grammar Instructor) Lindsay is originally from California, but grew up in central Minnesota, where she received a double major in Linguistics and Spanish. She studied abroad in Chile and attended the Universidad de Concepción. After receiving her degree, she was a Fulbright Scholar, living and teaching in a colonial town in the Andes Mountains in Colombia. She is currently teaching Spanish at IU, where she is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics. Her research interests include Instructed Second Language Acquisition, Task-Basked Language Teaching, Phonetics and Phonology. In h...

Viña del Mar (IUHPFL) 2017

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